Monthly Archives: January 2010

Quick and easy. Ingredients: lard pork cutlet broccoli cheese Calories: Well, it has broccoli in it, which has nearly no calories. However, there is still the pork and cheese … Preparation: Boil water in a pot. Put the broccoli in … Continue reading →

Oh, make the hurting stop! Just one simple example; a tiny, innocent looking fragment out of the tax form EÜR (Einnahmenüberschussrechnung nach § 4 Abs. 3 EStG für das Kalenderjahr 2009): Line 5 asks if I closed my business or sold it in 2009. … Continue reading →

Westerwelle: My government is prepared to offer you 50 million dollars to leave the Taliban. Omar: I’m afraid you underestimate me, Mr. Westerwelle. Your people and mine have a different set of values. Westerwelle: Mr. Omar, you must understand the … Continue reading →

Three thieves have stolen a large number of socks in a Colognian department store. They were caught and turned over to the authorities. When questioned for their motives, they answered that they were trying to finance their drug habit with … Continue reading →

Cologne is covered in snow. We had that last winter, but not the ten winters before. A look from and on my balcony: I hope my common sage survives; it has survived last winter already: Same with the strawberries (the … Continue reading →